Statewide law firm Broad and Cassel today announced 28 attorneys from the firm’s four South Florida offices have been included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017. In total, 45 of the firm’s attorneys were recognized from six offices across the state.
Additionally, four South Florida attorneys were named a “Lawyer of the Year,” a designation held by only one attorney in each region for that specific practice area. South Florida attorneys named a “Lawyer of the Year” include:
- Managing Partner Mark Raymond for Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions in Miami
- Partner Beverly Pohl for Appellate Practice in Fort Lauderdale
- Partner Clifford Hertz for Land Use and Zoning Law in West Palm Beach
- Of Counsel Anne Novick Branan for Health Care Law in Fort Lauderdale
The following Broad and Cassel South Florida attorneys were selected for recognition among The Best Lawyers in America 2017:
- Jeffrey A. Deutch, Managing Partner, Real Estate Law*
- Gabriel L. Imperato, Managing Partner, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Health Care Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants**
- Patricia Lebow, Managing Partner, Commercial Litigation*
- Mark F. Raymond, Managing Partner, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation – Securities, and Public Finance Law*
- Steven Ellison, Partner, Litigation - Real Estate
- Peter R. Goldman, Partner, Commercial Litigation
- Clifford I. Hertz, Partner, Land Use and Zoning Law, and Real Estate Law
- Arvin J. Jaffe, Partner, Banking and Finance Law
- Carlos E. Loumiet, Partner, Banking and Finance Law*
- Richard B. MacFarland, Partner, Real Estate Law*
- George Mahfood, Partner, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
- Daniel S. Newman, Partner, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities, and Securities Regulation
- Lester J. Perling, Partner, Health Care Law*
- Beverly A. Pohl, Partner, Appellate Practice*
- Carl V. Romano, Partner, Real Estate Law
- Carl Rosen, Partner, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
- Stephanie Russo, Partner, Health Care Law
- Mike Segal, Partner, Health Care Law*
- James J. Wheeler, Partner, Real Estate Law
- Patricia Baloyra, Of Counsel, Land Use and Zoning Law
- Anne Novick Branan, Of Counsel, Health Care Law
- Paul R. DeMuro, Of Counsel, Health Care Law**
- Jacqueline S. Miller, Of Counsel, Construction Law, Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
- Mark R. Osherow, Of Counsel, Commercial Litigation
- A. Jeffry Robinson, Of Counsel, Corporate Law
- Jon A. Sale, Of Counsel, Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Stephen Siegel, Of Counsel, Health Care Law
- Jayne C. Weintraub, Of Counsel, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
* Denotes 10th year on the list
** Denotes 20th year on the list
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. For the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 7.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."
Broad and Cassel is one of Florida’s most prestigious corporate law firms, serving clients worldwide from Boca Raton, Destin, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach. Founded by Alvin Cassel and Shepard Broad in 1946, the Firm has more than 170 attorneys with extensive experience in a wide variety of practice areas including: Corporate and Securities; Construction Law and Litigation; Real Estate Development; Estate Planning and Trusts; Commercial Litigation; Health Law; Land Use and Environmental Law; Taxation; Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights; Labor and Employment; Eminent Domain; Appellate Law; Public Finance and Capital Projects; and White Collar Defense and Compliance. For more information, please visit us online at www.broadandcassel.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
